not arbitrary but are rooted in God’s plan of salvation. In other words, the four senses of Scripture are no mere metaphorical associations. This method of interpretation is not a creative enterprise in which one looks for nice images from the Old Testament that can help explain the Catholic faith. Rather, spiritual exegesis uncovers the great unity in God’s salvific plan as carried out in history. The Church Fathers, for example, didn’t invent the connections between the Exodus and baptism. Instead,